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Just because a book won a prize doesn't make it worth reading. Still, it's a reasonable guide—something makes it unique, or a cut above, or important, or just plain fun.

You won't find everything on each of these lists in our catalogue. Some of them we've specifically decided not to carry (usually due to content, availability, or pertinence), but many we just haven't got around to bringing in.

As for the adult-level literary prizes, you'll see our selection is weighted toward works originally published in English. This is due to no prejudice on our part, but to the simple fact that we can't carry every important book ever written. No bookstore can, not even a certain establishment just north of us with pretensions to that claim.

At any rate, these are mostly books to just browse through until something takes your fancy. A lot of the specifically awarded titles are by generally-loved authors, and we often have multiple books by such writers.

If there's anything we don't have that you really think we should, let us know. We're open to expansion, and if we haven't got there already, we're more than willing to have someone else point the way.

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	All Sail Set by Armstrong Sperry from David R. Godine Nautical Fiction for 4th-8th grade 1936 Newbery Honor Book in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $14.95 $10.00 (1 in stock)
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	Hoot by Carl Hiaasen from Yearling for 4th-6th grade 2003 Newbery Honor Book in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV) $3.50 (1 in stock)
	Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer from Penguin Putnam for 4th-6th grade 2001 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $8.99 $5.00 (2 in stock)
	In the Beginning Creation Stories from Around the World by Virginia Hamilton, Illustrated by Barry Moser from Houghton Mifflin for 3rd-8th grade 1989 Newbery Honor Book in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $20.00 $11.00 (1 in stock)
	Jazz Man by Mary Hays Weik 2^nd edition from Aladdin Paperbacks for 3rd-6th grade Newbery Honor Book 1967 in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $6.99 $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Joyful Noise Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman from HarperCollins for 2nd-6th grade 1989 Newbery Medal winner in Poetry for Children (Location: POET-CHIL) $6.99 $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Kildee House by Rutherford G. Montgomery from Walker and Company for 4th-6th grade 1950 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $4.00 (2 in stock)
	Li Lun Lad of Courage by Carolyn Treffinger from Walker and Company Realistic Fiction for 3rd-6th grade 1948 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $8.99 $4.00 (3 in stock)
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	Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride Mercy Watson #2 by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by Chris Van Dusen from Candlewick Press for 1st-4th grade 2007 Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $6.99 $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Michelangelo by Diane Stanley from HarperCollins Picture Book Biography for 2nd-4th grade 2001 NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book in Biographies (Location: BIO) $9.99 $6.00 (2 in stock)
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	Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen, illustrated by Beth & Joe Krush 2003 edition from Harcourt Family Stories for 4th-7th grade 1957 Newbery Medal winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $9.99 $5.00 (1 in stock)
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	Moved-Outers by Florence Crannell Means from Walker and Company for 4th-6th grade 1946 Newbery Honor Book in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $5.00 (1 in stock)
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	Tale of Despereaux Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo from Candlewick Press for 3rd-6th grade 2004 Newbery Medal winner in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $8.99 $5.50 (2 in stock)
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	Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss from HarperCollins for 3rd-6th grade 1973 Newbery Honor Book in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $2.50 (1 in stock)
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	Volcano The Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens by Patricia Lauber from Simon and Schuster for 3rd-6th grade 1987 Newbery Honor Book in Natural Disasters: Earthquakes & Volcanoes (Location: SCI-EARVO) $9.99 $6.00 (4 in stock)
	Waterless Mountain by Laura Adams Armer from Dover Publications for 4th-8th grade 1932 Newbery Medal winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $5.99 $4.00 (1 in stock)
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